Means for securing billiard-cue tips.



W. RICHARDSON.

MEANS FOR SECURING BILLIARD CUE TIPS. APPLlcATlu FILED nov. 5. |911.

1,274,599. Pamd Aug. 6, 191s.

' To all 'whom t may concern: l

,Y vrBe iii-'known that I, WILLIAM RICHARDSON, asubject'of the King of England, residing Vat v South Benwell, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, P England, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Means. for Securing Billiard-Cue Tips, of .which the.V following is a'speciicatio'n. Y. j Y Y` `VMylinvention Yhas for its` object an imhesive substances fand inforder. that the in- 'ention'maybelclearly understood, I refer ,Y 4theacc'omp'anying drawing, in whichzV Figure l shows'asectional elevation of the "saidmeans," 4 Y FigQ shows. aiplan thereof, and Y l everal parts' according toy Fig. 1.

@similar para, areuesignateaby iikeffef- :erences throughout, the: view s.

vision of a cuetip A fleather or other suit- :l ablemateriaha sleeve B which'is split into Ytwo equal parts-:rand provided .with a V-v rthread on ,the inside, a ring@ which is adaptedto be'rp'r'essedV over they sleeve B, and finally crew-threaded portion Y lof the sleeve B,

fastening'said cue tipto the adapter D. .l .il V'This adapter is conveniently provided with y screwlthreads in order tov allowfof its screw-V ing onto .a billiard cue. Thus, when an old ip .has toY be replaced bya new one, the user .causes the split sleeve to be unscrewed by 'provedi means forfsecuring billiard 'cue' tips without the 'aid-ofv gelatin glue or other ad-Y 'Figsto 6 fs Yow elevations of each ofthe Y' 'Incarrymgout m inventonI make pro-V n adapteriAD which,z when' screwed into the Y aulses' theiV-'shapedfpartr'ofthe latter to bev resse'dinto the cue'` tip A-*lthereby securelyA l witnesses.

fturning, r ittoward' himself, whereupon he v MEANS rolt SECURINGVBILLIARD-QUE Tirs. v

Specification of Letters Vliatent. .'\,1;111 3e(1Aug` 6, K Application led Noven1ber 5', 1917. Serial No. 200,370. i i f ofV the sleeve B and, after having pressed the ring C over the sleeve B and subsequent STATES PATENT I wrLmAMitmHARDsonor soU'rH BENWELL, NEWoAsTLE-UroN-TYNE, ENGLAD.

` i places the new tip between the V-shaped part .Y

to the :attachment of the latter to the adapter Y D in the manner previously described, the

cue tip is readyy for the purpose. w

A spigot S on the adapter `D fits linto the bottom part ofthe ring Gand keepsthe several parts inralinement. i

e I d0 not conne myself by making the split l sleeve B as shown inthe drawing, for'by serrating lthe V-shaped part of same, .'it'

would give a more secure hold 'of the leatherV tip A.

, Having now fully `describedmy saidlin- ,l u

vention what I claim and Letters Patent is f In the herein described desire tosecure by Y l, ,Y l Y 55 t means forsecuringx.- billiard cue tips, the'combinatlon, with a cue 'e ftipof leather,of asplit sleeve of which lone end is -screwfthreadedrand the lotl'ler` end formed with a .V-thread* adapted `to enscrewf'threadediportion of the split sleeve, y and an adapter having a spigot'lwhich lits`A adapter having at' one end Vvscrew-threadsk linto, the bottom part of said ring, the said which screw into the split'sleeveand screw'- threads at the otherend to receive the billiard cue, all substantially asy and for the K so gage the said tip, a ring fitting over the' 

